1870 Federal Census Alpine County, California (Township No One, Silver Mountain) The USGenWeb Archives provide genealogical and historical data to the general public without fee or charge of any kind. It is intended that this material not be used in a commercial manner. All submissions become part of the permanent collection. Abstracted by Nancy C. Thornburg from public records. Edited and formatted by Maggie Stewart, April 2002. Submitted by Nancy C. Thornburg November 12, 2001. A volunteer has not yet been found to proofread this transcription. If you are interested in doing this please contact the USGW Project. Both above notices must remain when copied or downloaded. nthornburg@gbis.com ____________________________________________________________________________ This work follows all guidelines of the USGW Census Project, http://www.usgwcensus.org/. ____________________________________________________________________________ KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS: LN=Line Number HN=House Number FN=Family Number REAL VAL.=Value of Real Estate PERS VAL.=Value of Personal Estate FATHER FOREIGN BORN MOTHER FOREIGN BORN MONTH BORN=If Born within last year, Give Month MONTH MARR=If Married within last year, Give Month ATT. SCHOOL=Attended school within last year CAN'T READ=Adults who cannot read CAN'T WRITE=Adults who cannot write DEAF=Whether deaf, dumb, blind, insane, idiotic, pauper, or convict M-21yrs=Males Over 21 years of age ____________________________________________________________________________ NOTE: For more information on Alpine County, California, Please visit the Alpine County, CAGenWeb page at http://www.cagenweb.com/alpincty.htm ____________________________________________________________________________ This is the 1870 Federal Census for Alpine County, California ____________________________________________________________________________ --- State: California County: Alpine Post Office: Silver Mountain Page No: 1 Reel no: M593-69 Division: Township No. One Sheet No: 306B Enumerated on: July 9 & 11th, 1870 by: Cyrus Coleman Transcribed by Nancy C. Thornburg for USGenWeb, http://www.usgwcensus.org/. Copyright: 2002 =====|=============|=================================|========|===============|============|===============|===========|=======|===|=====|======|=================================================== LINE | Dwell Famil | LastName FirstName | Ag S C | Occupation | Real Perso | BirthPlace | F F Mo Mo | A C C | D | E D | SNDX | REMARKS =====|=============|=================================|========|===============|============|===============|===========|=======|===|=====|======|=================================================== 1 | 1 1 | Fox Abraham D. | 43 M W | Farmer | 500 4000 | Penn. | | | | X | F200 | 2 | 1 1 | Fox Christian | 19 M W | Farm laborer | 200 | Penn. | | | | | F200 | 3 | 1 1 | Overholt Isaac F. | 27 M W | Farm laborer | 400 | Penn. | | | | X | O164 | 4 | 1 1 | Overholt Fenton C. | 21 M W | Farm laborer | 200 | Penn. | | | | X | O164 | 5 | 2 2 | McFarland Charles D. | 35 M W | Farmer | 500 4000 | Mass. | | | | X | M216 | 6 | 2 2 | Alder Charles | 20 M W | Farm labor | 150 | Penn. | X X | | | | A436 | 7 | 3 3 | Perryman John Jr. | 27 M W | Farm | 2000 1000 | Ohio | X X | | | X | P655 | 8 | 3 3 | Stevens Joseph | 25 M W | Farm laborer | | Wisc. | | | | X | S315 | 9 | 4 4 | Jemison John J. | 33 M W | Laborer | 200 | Kentucky | | | | X | J525 | 10 | 4 4 | Brown Silas | 34 M W | Laborer | 100 | N.Y. | | | | X | B650 | 11 | 5 5 | Epperson Jackson | 22 M W | Farmer | 500 2000 | Ark. | | | | X | E162 | 12 | 6 6 | Blood Harvey S. | 30 M W | Farmer | 5000 4000 | N.H. | | | | X | B430 | 13 | 6 6 | Blood Frank J. | 19 M W | Farm laborer | 500 | N.H. | | | | | B430 | 14 | 6 6 | Forsythe Alexander S. | 31 M W | Miner | 1000 | New Brunswick | X X | | | | F623 | 15 | 6 6 | Haywood Abel | 43 M W | Miner | 200 | Maine | | | | X | H300 | 16 | 6 6 | Giles Joseph | 38 M W | Farm laborer | 200 | Mass. | | | | X | G420 | 17 | 6 6 | Shephardson Otis | 39 M W | Hunter | 500 | Mass. | | | | X | S163 | 18 | 6 6 | Roberts Isaac F. | 39 M W | Farm laborer | 300 | Louisiana | | | | X | R163 | =====|=============|=================================|========|===============|============|===============|===========|=======|===|=====|======|=================================================== 19 | 7 __ | | | | | | | | | | | Unoccupied Dwelling =====|=============|=================================|========|===============|============|===============|===========|=======|===|=====|======|=================================================== 20 | 8 7 | Johnson John W. | 49 M W | Farmer | 5000 16000 | Illinois | | | | X | J525 | 21 | 8 7 | Wilsen George | 19 M W | Farm laborer | 175 | N.Y. | | | | | W425 | 22 | 8 7 | Emmersen Daniel J. | 33 M W | Farm laborer | 400 | Mass. | | | | X | E562 | 23 | 8 7 | Proman Adam | 20 M W | Farm laborer | 100 | Prussia | X X | | | | P655 | 24 | 9 8 | McDonal Benjamin F. | 42 M W | Farmer | 500 | Missouri | | | | X | M235 | 25 | 9 8 | Burnham Alfred | 18 M W | Farm laborer | | Utah | | | | | B655 | 26 | 10 9 | Dickens Johnathan | 38 M W | Farm laborer | 600 | England | X X | | | X | D252 | 27 | 10 9 | Merano (?) Cloudy | 13 M W | Farm laborer | | Calif. | | X X | | | | 28 | 11 10 | Reynolds William C. | 30 M W | Farmer | 600 | Virginia | | | | X | R543 | 29 | 11 10 | Kelly James | 28 M W | Farm laborer | | Ireland | X X | | | X | K400 | =====|=============|=================================|========|===============|============|===============|===========|=======|===|=====|======|=================================================== 30 | 12 __ | | | | | | | | | | | Unoccupied Dwelling =====|=============|=================================|========|===============|============|===============|===========|=======|===|=====|======|=================================================== 31 | 13 11 | Wiser (?) Hiram | 43 M W | Farmer | 6000 4000 | Penn | | | | X | | 32 | 13 11 | Wiser (?) Delia | 36 F W | Keeping house | | Ohio | | | | | | 33 | 13 11 | Wiser (?) Helen J. | 16 F W | | | Illinois | | X | | | | 34 | 13 11 | Wiser (?) Rachel A. | 14 F W | | | Illinois | | X | | | | 35 | 13 11 | Wiser (?) Asenith P. | 12 F W | | | Illinois | | X | | | | 36 | 13 11 | Wiser (?) Flora | 7 F W | | | Iowa | | X | | | | 37 | 13 11 | Wiser (?) Henry | 7 M W | | | Iowa | | X | | | | 38 | 13 11 | Bower Nehemiah | 32 M W | Farm laborer | 300 | Ohio | | | | X | B600 | 39 | 14 12 | Marshall Ralph | 38 M W | Farmer | 2000 1000 | Scotland | X X | | | X | M624 | =====|=============|=================================|========|===============|============|===============|===========|=======|===|=====|======|=================================================== 40 | 15 __ | | | | | | | | | | | Unoccupied Dwelling =====|=============|=================================|========|===============|============|===============|===========|=======|===|=====|======|=================================================== --- State: California County: Alpine Post Office: Silver Mountain Page No: 2 Reel no: M593-69 Division: Township No. One Sheet No: 307A Enumerated on: July 12th, 1870 by: Cyrus Coleman Transcribed by Nancy C. Thornburg for USGenWeb, http://www.usgwcensus.org/. Copyright: 2002 =====|=============|=================================|========|===============|============|===============|===========|=======|===|=====|======|=================================================== LINE | Dwell Famil | LastName FirstName | Ag S C | Occupation | Real Perso | BirthPlace | F F Mo Mo | A C C | D | E D | SNDX | REMARKS =====|=============|=================================|========|===============|============|===============|===========|=======|===|=====|======|=================================================== 1 | 16 13 | Hitchcock Russell | 35 M W | Farmer | 1000 10000 | Ohio | | | | X | H322 | 2 | 16 13 | Emsly Orin | 22 M W | Farm laborer | 250 | N.Y. | | | | X | E524 | 3 | 16 13 | Newlin Edward | 16 M W | Farm laborer | | Calif. | X X | | | | N450 | 4 | 17 14 | Ward Martin | 28 M W | Farmer | 1000 8000 | Maine | | | | X | W630 | 5 | 17 14 | Ward Albert | 25 M W | Farmer | 800 6000 | Maine | | | | X | W630 | 6 | 17 14 | Morrow John | 17 M W | Farm laborer | | N.Y. | X X | | | | M600 | 7 | 17 14 | Wood Jacob | 36 M W | Farm laborer | | Iowa | | | | X | W300 | =====|=============|=================================|========|===============|============|===============|===========|=======|===|=====|======|=================================================== 8 | __ | | | | 2800 24250 | | 2 2 | | | | | =====|=============|=================================|========|===============|============|===============|===========|=======|===|=====|======|=================================================== 9 | __ | | | | | | | | | | | I hereby certify that the whole number of 10 | __ | | | | | | | | | | | pages in this set of returns is two (2) and 11 | __ | | | | | | | | | | | that the same were made according to law 12 | __ | | | | | | | | | | | and instructions. 13 | __ | | | | | | | | | | | Cyrus Coleman 14 | __ | | | | | | | | | | | July 20th 1870 Asst. 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